Iowa Lutheran Hospital Life Flight Heliport
IA98 · Des Moines, Iowa · Polk County · map
Iowa Lutheran Hospital Life Flight Heliport is a private heliport owned by Iowa Lutheran Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa, 856 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 52 by 52 feet of asphalt.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The heliport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA IA98
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Iowa Lutheran Hospital
- Elevation
- 856 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4E
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1980
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 52 × 52 ft | Asphalt | Perimeter lights |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this heliport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Des Moines International (5 nm southwest), Ankeny Regional (6 nm north), Winterset Municipal (23 nm southwest), Ames Municipal (23 nm north).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Des Moines International (5 nm southwest), Ankeny Regional (6 nm north), Winterset Municipal (23 nm southwest), Ames Municipal (23 nm north).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Iowa · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Provided approach/departure paths to landing area are maintd for a minimum 8:1 glide slope and trsnl surface be maintd for minimum 2:1 slope.
- Medical.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Des Moines from the FAA register
108 aircraft are registered to owners in Des Moines, Iowa: 70 piston singles, 15 turboprops, 8 balloons, 6 piston twins, 6 business jets. Not every one of them is based at this heliport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this heliport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Iowa.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Vintage Flying Club 2 aircraft · Ankeny, 7 miles away Solar Flying Club is a non-profit, equity ownership flying club established in 1953 that owns and operates a Cessna 172M based at Ankeny Regional Airport in Ankeny, Iowa.
- Clear Skies Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · Ankeny, 7 miles away Clear Skies Flying Club is a community-based flying club based at Bowman Field in LaGrange, Kentucky.
- Live Pilot Training LLC 1 aircraft · Ankeny, 7 miles away
- Low and Slow Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Urbandale, 9 miles away
- Solar Flying Club 1 aircraft · Grimes, 11 miles away Solar Flying Club is a non-profit, equity ownership flying club based at Ankeny Regional Airport in Ankeny, Iowa.
Repair stations in Des Moines:
- Dmfs Acquisition LLC
- Elliott Aviation of Des Moines, LLC. Elliott Aviation is a repair station and aircraft services company based in Des Moines, Iowa, with over 85 years of experience.
Companies in the same town as this heliport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this heliport
Accidents and incidents at or near this heliport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this heliport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this heliport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Des Moines 108 aircraft · 70 piston singles, 15 turboprops, 8 balloons
- Ajf Enterprises LLC 6 aircraft in town
- Dmfs Leasing LLC 5 aircraft in town
- Iowa State Patrol 3 aircraft in town
- State of Iowa 2 aircraft in town
- Vintage Flying Club 2 aircraft · flying club
- Clear Skies Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Live Pilot Training LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Dmfs Acquisition LLC · repair station
- Elliott Aviation of Des Moines, LLC. · repair station
- Accidents and incidents in Iowa 869 since 1982 · 129 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Iowa 112 landing places
- Iowa 4,509 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/IA98.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 29, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.